Paulo Martins on Eurosport PT is getting worse with names, which I thought wasn't possible...Jos van Emden is now Jus van Venen and Bettiol is now Bettioli (because it didn't sound Italian enough I guess).

the delgados aka CARLTON KIRBY"That said, no one calls the end of a bike race like CK. The man is talented"

I see that Carlton is still monitoring his 'borrowed time' on Eurosport. Tirreno Adriatico is yet another race ruined by his drivel. The one good fact though, is that he seems to be slowly being edged out by the commentators who know what they are talking about.

Cycle Chic wrote:the delgados aka CARLTON KIRBY"That said, no one calls the end of a bike race like CK. The man is talented"

I see that Carlton is still monitoring his 'borrowed time' on Eurosport. Tirreno Adriatico is yet another race ruined by his drivel. The one good fact though, is that he seems to be slowly being edged out by the commentators who know what they are talking about.

Oh, hey there, Cycle Chic!Long time no see. I hope you and the family are well.Funny, I came here immediately after stage 4 of Tirreno Adriatico just for kicks. I knew one of the braying hounds would have something to say about my man Carlton Kirby. I'm not surprised that you are one of the usual suspects who come here to announce his imminent demise. According to your prognostications, the guy should have been fired at least two years ago. Yet you still hang on to the hope! Good for you, Cycle Chic. No one can call you a quitter.I watched the final 20 km's or so of today's stage and was listening intently to what my man CK was saying. Please correct me if I'm wrong (with examples), but he seemed to have a good grasp on what was happening.

Paris Nice finished 100 minutes before Tirreno Adriatico. Why on Earth would Eurosport choose to be showing something 40km or so from the end of TA at exactly the time they could have been showing the final stages of PN? Is the charge from ASO for live rather than delayed broadcast that much more? Crazy broadcasting choice.

Armchair cyclist wrote:Paris Nice finished 100 minutes before Tirreno Adriatico. Why on Earth would Eurosport choose to be showing something 40km or so from the end of TA at exactly the time they could have been showing the final stages of PN? Is the charge from ASO for live rather than delayed broadcast that much more? Crazy broadcasting choice.

Good question. I have no clue, so please forgive me for what may be a dumb idea why: It's hard to determine in advance how long a race would take to finish--e.g. weather, route, relative amount of time the riders decide when to pick up the pace. I'm just guessing.

P.S. Hey Cycle Chic! You there? Hello?Are you still scouring the tapes to show us that my man Carlton Kirby has no clue what he's talking about? Take your time, buddy.

Armchair cyclist wrote:Paris Nice finished 100 minutes before Tirreno Adriatico. Why on Earth would Eurosport choose to be showing something 40km or so from the end of TA at exactly the time they could have been showing the final stages of PN? Is the charge from ASO for live rather than delayed broadcast that much more? Crazy broadcasting choice.

They signed a deal with RCS to show all their races live, including the desert diversions. They dont have such a deal with ASO - it seems to be on an event by event basis (though to be fair ES have got most of them). Qatar, when ran, for example was owned by BEIN in Europe, rather than Eurosport. Some of their other current events are shown delayed rather than live. I could be wrong but the Arctic Race of Norway I seem to recall being shown delayed mostly in 2017, maybe it was live on the player. Tour de Yorkshire had fairly poor coverage on ES compared to ITV4 last year.

Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 5:Today my man Carlton Kirby referred to a famous novel; he referred to the solar plexus; he referred to more than one mythological figure; and he combined all of that with a brilliant description of the final 20 km's.I'm honestly beginning to think that perhaps the CK haters on this forum do not understand metaphors. (Oh, wait. Someone a while back criticized Carlton Kirby for referring to a rabbit without having a clue that he was referring to Aesop's Fables.I should have realized it long ago)

I had to listen to him today, and I wanted to shoot him within 10 seconds. Shut up, shut up, shut up! Really, Majka working on the front for Formolo? Sagan out of it when he is in 10th~position on the climb and not gapped? He is such a pain and he constantly fills the air with nonsense.

the delgados wrote:Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 5:Today my man Carlton Kirby referred to a famous novel; he referred to the solar plexus; he referred to more than one mythological figure; and he combined all of that with a brilliant description of the final 20 km's.I'm honestly beginning to think that perhaps the CK haters on this forum do not understand metaphors. (Oh, wait. Someone a while back criticized Carlton Kirby for referring to a rabbit without having a clue that he was referring to Aesop's Fables.I should have realized it long ago)

I watched the last 15 km and enjoyed listening to him, he can certainly pump up an atmosphere and say a lot of funny, stupid or wtf things that makes it enjoyable for me.

He is most certainly 1000x better than Rene Wenzel on Danish eurosport, I doubt you can find anyone worse than him.

the delgados wrote:Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 5:Today my man Carlton Kirby referred to a famous novel; he referred to the solar plexus; he referred to more than one mythological figure; and he combined all of that with a brilliant description of the final 20 km's.I'm honestly beginning to think that perhaps the CK haters on this forum do not understand metaphors. (Oh, wait. Someone a while back criticized Carlton Kirby for referring to a rabbit without having a clue that he was referring to Aesop's Fables.I should have realized it long ago)

I watched the last 15 km and enjoyed listening to him, he can certainly pump up an atmosphere and say a lot of funny, stupid or wtf things that makes it enjoyable for me.

He is most certainly 1000x better than Rene Wenzel on Danish eurosport, I doubt you can find anyone worse than him.

Yes, I've been watching Tirreno on Italian or French streams to avoid that horror duo they have chosen to cover that race (for the third year in a row!).

He is insufferably bad. I can't comprehend why they are using him so much.